12 Brutal Truths About Love That Can Only Be Learned The Hard Way
By Heidi Priebe
1. The way you treat people is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Seeing the best in someone makes them want to live up to their best. Distrusting and distancing yourself from someone until they ‘prove themselves worthy’ drives a wedge in between you and encourages them to look elsewhere for love. Seeing the worst in people brings out the worst in them. Seeing the best in them brings out the best.
2. The cure to loneliness is not being loved, it is loving. Nobody is on their way to save you from your own emptiness. The first step to having love in your life is to give it out, as much as you possibly can, as often as you possibly can. You have to invest in love before you can withdraw it.
3. Chasing people who don’t love you properly says more about you than it does about them. When we want confirmation that we’re unlovable, we chase unavailable people. When we’re only comfortable feeling worthless, we stay with people who don’t consider our needs. The love that we have in our lives is always a reflection of how we feel about ourselves.
4. Love can’t fix the things that are broken inside of you, but it can show you those things. Love won’t heal your broken heart. It won’t solve your self-esteem issues. It won’t make you into a trusting person if…
